American Scientists in Search of the Pigmies: Flight by Aeroplane from Sea Coast Five intrepid "Americans, scientists and experts in their own departments are attempting to do what expeditions of 400 and 800 men have failed to do in the past—explore Datch New Guinea, to live with, earn the language' and becom friendly with the pygmies of tha hitherto impassable region. These men, composing the Stirling Expedition, Heft Shanghai last Friday in the Dollar str. President Van whence they will all their' instruments, including an aeroplane on a specially-chartered vessel New Guinea, stilt 400 their starting point, The members of the party are:—Professor N. W. Stirling, Berkeley, Professor of Anthropology at University of California and Curator of the Mr. R. K, Peck, official photographer, Hedberg, historian and manager, Mr. Il, Lil. Hoyte, New York, first aviator of the party, and Mr. A. E. Hamer, Colfax Towa, mechanician, Both Messra, Pack and Hedberg are pilots and can fly if necessary.
Professor Stirling has done much. research work, crossing the Andes. fon foot and a few years ago he investigated a number of mounds island. off Fredericksberg, Florida, where he found the remains of 600 pre-Columbian Indians and large quantities of finely painted pottery.
The failures of two other expeditions to even make a start into the jungles of New Guine to propose doing''the trip by the air. The island is 1,600 miles Jong and from two. to 600 miles in width, The mountains, attaining a height of 25,000 ft, are snow-covered even on the hottest equatorial day.
The country is. totally unexplored as the coldest Antarctic regions.
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